All posts tagged "Nevada Republican Party"

Nevada Republicans have suffered yet another blow in their legal bid to make it harder to count mail-in ballots, according to Democratic voting rights attorney Marc Elias.

The national Republican Party, state Republican Party, and Donald Trump campaign had filed suit to try to block mail-in ballots from being counted when received after Election Day. But per Elias, "Nevada judge DENIES preliminary injunction in Trump/RNC voter suppression lawsuit targeting mail-in voting ... Big victory for our clients and the voters of Nevada."

This comes after a similar lawsuit filed in May in federal court was thrown out. The judge found that Republican officials "failed to demonstrate that the Court has standing to exercise jurisdiction over this case."...

A federal judge in Nevada on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed in May by the Republican National Committee that sought to prevent the state from counting mail ballots received after Election Day.

State law passed by Democrats three years ago allows mail ballots to be counted as long as they're received up to four days after Election Day and the envelopes are postmarked before the end of the day. This year, Election Day is Nov. 5, meaning ballots postmarked on or before that date must be accepted and counted if they are received by election offices by 5 p.m. on Nov. 9.

The lawsuit argued that the practice violates federal law and as a result “valid, timely ballots are dilated by untimely, invalid ballots.” They asked the court to block the counting of mail ballots received after Election Day. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Nevada Republican Party pushed the date of its presidential caucus back to February 4, bowing under pressure not to undermine the New Hampshire primary that has traditionally been one of the first key contests for presidential contenders.

How sad is the state of the GOP in Nevada that its party cancels its own convention? So sad...NOT.